Europe Has a Chance to Change Its Attitude toward Israel
The EU has never recognized the dangers Israel faces.
December 15, 2017
How ancient Egypt’s economic centralization paved the road for Israelite slavery.
In this week’s Torah reading, Joseph becomes the second most powerful man in Egypt after successfully interpreting Pharaoh’s dream as a portent of seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine. Tasked with preparing the country for the lean years, Joseph acquires enough surplus grain during the fat ones to feed the people for the duration of the famine. In what happens next, Jonathan Sacks finds an important insight about economics and freedom:
The EU has never recognized the dangers Israel faces.
Call his bluff.
Is Jerusalem’s alliance with the Gulf state coming out of the shadows?
How ancient Egypt’s economic centralization paved the road for Israelite slavery.
Is “conservative postmodernism” the answer?
In this week’s Torah reading, Joseph becomes the second most powerful man in Egypt after successfully interpreting Pharaoh’s dream as a portent of seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine. Tasked with preparing the country for the lean years, Joseph acquires enough surplus grain during the fat ones to feed the people for the duration of the famine. In what happens next, Jonathan Sacks finds an important insight about economics and freedom:
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